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Twisted Sister's genesis lay in a band called Silver Star. Motivated by Kiss, The New York Dolls and David Bowie's then-current Ziggy Stardust persona, John Segall (aka Jay Jay French) was looking to join a "Glitter band". He ran into Mell Anderson (aka Mell Starr, Twisted Sister's first drummer) and was offered a gig with New Jersey band Silver Star. By early 1973 the band had re-christened themselves Twisted Sister and worked up a set of Bowie, Lou Reed and Mott the Hoople covers. Original vocalist Michael Valentine decided to quit and the band broke up in 1975 - but it was quick to reform with new guitarist Eddie Ojeda, singer Daniel Snider and drummer Tony Petri joining guitarist Jay Jay and bassist Kenny Neill. In October 1978, Mark 'The Animal' Mendoza (previously of The Dictators) replaced Kenny Neill on bass. The next year Twisted Sister released their own single I'll Never Grow Up, Now c/w Under the Blade on their own label, Twisted Sister Records. These recordings were produced by the renowned Eddie Kramer (whose astonishing track record as studio engineer and producer includes working with Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and a host of other first division acts). A different version of the song Under the Blade was included as title track of Twisted Sister's debut album, finally released in September 1982, on small UK label Secret Records. In addition to the two tracks released as a single, Twisted Sister had the nous to book studio time to record a batch of their own material (eventually released many years later on 'Club Daze Volume 1: The Studio Sessions', in 1999). Several of these numbers are played during this broadcast.

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